{"id":16754,"date":"2026-08-11T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/spotify-data-tyla-makeba-among-south-africas-most-streamed-women\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T14:15:00","slug":"spotify-data-tyla-makeba-among-south-africas-most-streamed-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/spotify-data-tyla-makeba-among-south-africas-most-streamed-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify Data: Tyla, Makeba Among South Africa\u2019s Most-Streamed Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotify.com\">Spotify<\/a> has published listening data from its South Africa launch in 2018, showing that female artists from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miriam_Makeba\"><strong>Miriam Makeba<\/strong><\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tyla_(South_African_singer)\"><strong>Tyla<\/strong><\/a> continue to drive the country&#8217;s musical identity and global reach. The figures, released to mark <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/somi-named-spotify-equal-africa-artist-for-august\/\">Women&#8217;s Month<\/a>, highlight the most-streamed acts, fastest-growing talents, and those with the largest international audiences.<\/p>\n<h2>Most-Streamed Female Artists<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tyla<\/strong> ranks as South Africa&#8217;s most-streamed female artist on Spotify, with more than 7 billion global streams across measured categories. She also leads in international audience size and global playlist inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>The top 10 most-streamed South African female artists since 2018 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tyla<\/li>\n<li>Nomcebo Zikode<\/li>\n<li>Alice Phoebe Lou<\/li>\n<li>Babalwa M<\/li>\n<li>MaWhoo<\/li>\n<li>Zee Nxumalo<\/li>\n<li>Nkosazana Daughter<\/li>\n<li>Uncle Waffles<\/li>\n<li>Ami Faku<\/li>\n<li>Makhadzi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Fastest-Growing Artists<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Azana<\/strong> recorded the highest stream growth among South African female artists since 2018. The top 10 by growth are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Azana<\/li>\n<li>Nia Pearl<\/li>\n<li>Boohle<\/li>\n<li>Lady Du<\/li>\n<li>Tyla<\/li>\n<li>Naledi Aphiwe<\/li>\n<li>DBN Gogo<\/li>\n<li>Ami Faku<\/li>\n<li>Nomfundo Moh<\/li>\n<li>Shandesh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Most Prolific Since 2020<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Makhadzi<\/strong> has released more new tracks than any other South African female artist since 2020. The top 10 by volume of new music are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Makhadzi<\/li>\n<li>DBN Gogo<\/li>\n<li>MaWhoo<\/li>\n<li>Lady Du<\/li>\n<li>Nkosazana Daughter<\/li>\n<li>Hlengiwe Mhlaba<\/li>\n<li>Tyla<\/li>\n<li>Moonchild Sanelly<\/li>\n<li>Kharishma<\/li>\n<li>Azana<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>International Audience Rankings<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tyla<\/strong> also tops the list of South African female artists with the largest international audiences, followed by <strong>Nomcebo Zikode<\/strong> and <strong>Alice Phoebe Lou<\/strong>. The full top 10 includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tyla<\/li>\n<li>Nomcebo Zikode<\/li>\n<li>Alice Phoebe Lou<\/li>\n<li>Moonchild Sanelly<\/li>\n<li>Busiswa<\/li>\n<li>Miriam Makeba<\/li>\n<li>Yugen Blakrok<\/li>\n<li>Uncle Waffles<\/li>\n<li>Babes Wodumo<\/li>\n<li>Ami Faku<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Local Language and Cultural Ties<\/h2>\n<p>While international reach is one metric, artists such as <strong>Nomcebo Zikode<\/strong>, <strong>Ami Faku<\/strong>, <strong>Nkosazana Daughter<\/strong>, <strong>Babalwa M<\/strong> and <strong>MaWhoo<\/strong> continue to drive strong local listening, with music performed in South Africa&#8217;s indigenous languages remaining popular. The data indicates that audiences engage deeply with music reflecting their own communities and cultural experiences.<\/p>\n<h2>Platform-Wide Presence<\/h2>\n<p>More than 780 <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/basadi-in-music-awards-2026-expands-with-pan-african-categories\/\">South African female artists<\/a> are available on Spotify. In the past year, nearly 700 were streamed by international audiences, while 645 were streamed within South Africa, underscoring the depth of the local talent pool and demand for music by women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spotify listening data from 2018 reveals the most-streamed South African female artists, fastest-growing acts, and those with the largest international audiences, led by Tyla.","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[512],"tags":[563,890,1103,112,1461,45],"class_list":["post-16754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-industry-news","tag-amapiano","tag-miriam-makeba","tag-south-african-music","tag-spotify","tag-streaming-data","tag-tyla","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South African Female Artists Spotify Data: Tyla Leads<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Spotify data shows Tyla as South Africa&#039;s most-streamed female artist with over 7 billion streams, while Miriam Makeba remains a top international act. 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